Newcastle Players Score Three in Rotherham’s 6-0 Win

Written by Dr. Ed Harrison

9:20pm Tuesday, March 4th, 2014

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Last Saturday Haris Vuckic scored twice and James Tavernier got the opener in Rotherham’s 6-0 trouncing of bottom of the league Notts County – formed in 1862 and one of the oldest club in the Football League.

James Tavernier – in Rotherham colors Rotherham are in 6th place in league One and currently in a playoff position – and 9 points off an automatic promotion place which are currently held by Wolves and Leyton Orient.

Haris and James are on loan at Rotherham though the end of the season and James opened the scoring with a terrific free kick which he put into the top left hand corner of the net with his right foot.

And then Haris scored the second after 16 minutes with a right footed belter into the top right hand corner, and Rotherham were 4-0 up at the break.

On 60 minutes Haris got Rotherham’s fifth goal, this time with his left foot into the top left hand corner.

Tavernier has now played 15 times with 3 goals and Vuckic 14 times with 3 goals for Rotherham, and both seem to be excelling at the League One club.

And in St. Mirren’s 2-0 home win against Kilmarnock on Saturday, Newcastle born Conor Newton scored the first goal after 79 minutes, when he smashed the ball into the net, and in that game Adam Campbell came on as a substitute after 89 minutes.

Conor has now played 30 times this season with four goals, after making 20 appearances at the club on loan last season with 3 goals.

And of course Conor scored in the Scottish League Cup Final in the 3-2 win over Hearts – a game in which Paul Dummett also played.

Adam Campbell has appeared 10 times with two goals for St. Mirren while on loan north of the border.

And in Greece last weekend Mehdi Abeid scored the third goal after 89 minutes in Panathinaikos’ 3-0 win at Olympiakos Piraeus.

Mehdi now has 25 appearances for Panathinaikos on loan this season with six goals, and he’s getting rave reports in Greece.

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Jesus H lemsip!!!! That was pretty uncalled for! Hope the law got him. He is the reason why footy fans are seen as pig ignorant thuggish knackers with the inteligence of amino acids before they merged to form life.

markaccus – after reading the story and watching that Dispatches programme last night about racism and homophobia -shows that there are still pockets of these types of folk who need punishing and banned from their clubs.

Despite repeated requests from me, you have still not explained why the Data Protection Act is so relevant to the police’s discussions with the FA.

Let me remind you what you have said and what you continue to stick to. You have said:

“Despite what you posted earlier the police will not sit down with the FA and discuss whether they want to charge anyone (poorly worded press release from the cops) -this would be a clear breach of the Data Protection Act, Human Rights, confidentiality.”

Even if you could show that data protection and human rights had any relevance, they would only be a side show, a million miles from the point of the discussion. You have boasted that you have a lot of experience with the DPA, but sometimes you don’t have to show these things off – certainly not where they’re irrelevant. Forgive me as I see it as a completely non-point designed to make you look informed and to elevate your argument.

First, can you please now show the practical circumstances where data protection and human rights would play anything more than a footnote, if that?

Second, can you please explain how you can say what you have said above with such authority, almost as if you were sitting at the table (but of course cannot say as much for confidentiality reasons)?

Before you reply, you may wish to consider one fact. I have had a long chat with Chief Inspector Kirven of Humberside Police this afternoon, the man who took the decision, and who kindly took the time out to telephone me. I have to say he didn’t mention the Data Protection Act once. Indeed we had a free and open conversation unconstrained by any confidentiality or human rights issues.

Interestingly, Mr Kirven informed me in detail of how he arrived at his decision, which he confirmed was a very difficult one to make. Contrary to what you have stated in your typically dismissive tones, it did in fact involve influential discussions with the FA.

Now do I accept your word above or the word of the man who took the decision? Let me think …? As the word of the man who took the decision accords exactly with the point I’ve been making to you, I hope you won’t mind if I (1) trust my own judgment and (2) go with the word of the man who took the decision.

To return to the equine theme that you’re quite fond of, it comes straight from the horse’s mouth.

Yes, it would be great if we could develop an ongoing relationship with Rotherham that saw them take our best young players on loan to help them secure a long term place in the Championship. Perhaps the same at St Mirren, particularly once Rangers return.

I’m sure the club recognises that the third tier of English football and the Scottish Premier league are not ideal final stepping stones for an aspiring EPL player, particularly one hoping to wear the heavy shirt of Newcastle.

Whoever is responsible for the loans at newcastle over the last 2 or 3 years – Pardew, Beardo, Ashley, whoever, – it is one of the most positive developments in years. Great to see these young lads get a share of really competitive experience and grasp it two-handed.

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My latest bone scans and CAT scans were completed on Wednesday of this week and yesterday I met with my oncologist Dr. Dhruva to look over the results.

The stage four cancer remains stabilized and has not spread any further over the last six months.

I was diagnosed with stage 4 prostate cancer in early 2017 after being in remission for six years.

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